Financial Literacy - Credit scores

Learn about credit scores and consumer debt!

Please join us for the second seminar of the series "Go Live" success seminar on "Financial Literacy". Mrs. Deanna Booker will be talking to us about credit scores, credit reports and consumer debt.

This seminar will accompany information that will be posted on a new website for financial literacy (under development) that will serve the UMBC campus community.

LUNCH WILL BE SERVED.

Wednesday November 6, 2013 1:00 pm

UC 310

Speaker: Deanna Booker

Mrs. Booker is the Communications and Outreach Manager for Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Maryland and Delaware (CCCS). In this role, she conducts educational seminars and workshops; manages the organization’s traditional media activities, including serving as Spokesperson, and develops, manages and maintains relationships with partners and other stakeholders. She has 15 years of comprehensive personal finance, consumer credit, housing counseling, and general supervisory and management experience. She joined CCCS in 1998 and was certified as a Consumer Credit Counselor in 1999. Mrs. Booker served as a Counselor until she was promoted to Counseling Supervisor in 2000. In that role she was responsible for ensuring the overall quality of the counseling process, including training, service delivery and process improvements. After serving as Counseling Supervisor for four years, Mrs. Booker was again promoted to Assistant Counseling Director where she directly managed a staff of five, had cross-management responsibilities for 30 others, and oversaw all counseling operations in the Director’s absence. She also evaluated the performance of all counselors. In 2009, Mrs. Booker was appointed to the position of Quality Improvement Manager. Her duties and focus were expanded to include Risk Assessment Evaluation and various other compliance tasks. Throughout her tenure at CCCS, Mrs. Booker served unofficially as a media and community representative for the organization. In October 2010, she was officially promoted to the position.

Mrs. Booker possesses a well-honed knowledge of counseling, quality improvement efforts, team management, and community outreach and education.

Mrs. Booker holds Credit Counseling and Housing Counseling Certifications through the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. She is also a Certified Credit Counselor through the State of Michigan.

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ABOUT THE FINANCIAL LITERACY SERIES:

The University of
Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has been selected to participate in an “Enhancing
Student Financial Education” project for 2013-2015. Chosen as one of 15
awardees in a national competition, UMBC received a grant from the Council of
Graduate Schools (CGS), a non-profit organization (www.cgsnet.org) dedicated to
advancing graduate education and research. Funded by a grant from TIAA-CREF, a
leading financial services organization, CGS will develop models for providing
financial education resources that help undergraduate and graduate students
manage their money and hone their financial and debt management skills.

Go
LIVE! Seminars: UMBC will develop “Go Live” seminars that will showcase
financial literacy resources on a new, interactive website. The online topics
and segments will be coupled with “live” seminars that will be held throughout
the year. Seminar topics include: Graduate Funding, Improving Credit Ratings, Financial
Transitions, Life-long, Financial Planning,
Budgets, and more.